‎TOULMIN, STEPHAN AND JUNE GOODFIELD.‎
‎The Discovery of Time.‎

‎American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, volume 169 - Modern Physics in America - A Michelson-Morley Symposium, Cleveland, OH, 1987 , (Physics at higher energies and smaller distance, are there limits ? - Reminiscences of my father - Atoms, molecules and light -The life of the stars - Neutrinos from the atmosphere and beyond - The search for gravitational waves : Probing the dynamics of space-time - Experimental gaze at nonlinear phenomena - A Physicist's view of biology - Strange insulators, strange semiconductors, strange metals : High 7, as a case history in condensed-matter physics - Grand challenge to computational science - The supercollider : Assault on the summit - Is the whole Universe composed of superstrings ? - SN1987A : The supernova of lifetime - The discovery and the physics of superconductivity above 100 K)‎

‎American Institute of Physics - AIP, New York Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1988 Book condition, Etat : Très Bon hardcover, editor's binding, printed cloths, clear brown grand In-8 1 vol. - 274 pages‎

‎12 plates out of text at the beginning of the volume (8 in colors, complete), many black and white text figures 1st edition, 1988 Contents, Chapitres : Contents, Prologue, Acknowledgments, xvi, Text, 258 pages and catalogue - John Schoff Millis : Celebration - Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky : Physics at higher energies and smaller distance, are there limits ? - Dorothy Michelson Livingston : Reminiscences of my father - Arthur L. Schawlow : Atoms, molecules and light - Hans A. Bethe : The life of the stars - Frederick Reines : Neutrinos from the atmosphere and beyond - Peter F. Michelson : The search for gravitational waves : Probing the dynamics of space-time - Albert Libchaber : Experimental gaze at nonlinear phenomena - Ivar Giaever : A Physicist's view of biology - Philip W. Anderson : Strange insulators, strange semiconductors, strange metals : High 7, as a case history in condensed-matter physics - Kenneth G. Wilson : Grand challenge to computational science - Leon Lederman : The supercollider : Assault on the summit - Murray Gell-Mann : Is the whole Universe composed of superstrings ? - Robert Kirshner : SN1987A : The supernova of lifetime - Paul Ching-Wu Chu : The discovery and the physics of superconductivity above 100 K near fine copy, no markings, complete of the 12 plates, a nice copy - no dust-jacket, supposingly as issued‎

‎Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle. Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time.‎

‎".: Cambridge (MA), Harvard U.P; 2001 (eleventh printing. Paperback. Fine copy."‎

‎Catalogue n° 572, February 1927 : Americana, a Collection of rare and valuable books relating to South and North America from the time of the Discovery up to the year 1865.‎

‎ 1927 Leipzig, Karl W. Hiersemann, 1927. 25 x 19 cm, 112 pp., 23 illustrations en noir, broché.‎

‎472 numéros décrits. Couverture un peu salie. ‎

‎PICTORIAL HISTORY OF North America, from the Discovery to the Present time [] illustrated with four hundred engravings []‎

‎ 1849 Hartford: Belknap and Hamersley, 1849. In-8:15.5 x 22.5 cm, 594 pp. Reliure moderne en demi-basane noir. Rousseurs. ‎

‎History of California, from its discovery to the present time ; comprising also a full description of its climate, surgace, soil, rivers, towns, beasts, birds, fishes, state of its society, agriculture, commerce, mines, mining, &c. With a journal of the voyage from New York, via Nicaragua, to San Francisco, and back, via Panama. With a new map of the country.‎

‎Boston : published by john P. Jewett & Company. Cleveland, Ohio : Jewett, Proctor and Worthington, 1854. 1854 1 vol. In-8 (188 x 120 mm) de: XI, 356 pp. une grande carte lithographiée repliée aquarellée à la main de la Californie, avec un encart de San Francisco, par J.H. Colton, datée de 1854, reliée face au titre. Reliure éditeur de percaline brune estampée à froid, dos lisse décoré et titré à l'or.‎

‎Edition originale de ce guide comportant dimportantes observations sur San Francisco et de Californie au cours des premières années de développement qui ont suivi la première ruée vers l'or. En 1853, Capron se rend en Californie en tant qu'agent de plusieurs grandes maisons commerciales de New York. Il visite les principales villes et villages de l'État et parcoure les différentes régions minières. Outre une description approfondie du côté sinistre de San Francisco, il donne des définitions de diverses techniques minières et une description du tribunal des mineurs, de la maison des mineurs et de l'enclave chinoise. Cowan p.104; Graff 580 ; Howes C127 ; Kurutz 116 ; Rocq 16759 1 vol. 8vo (188 x 120 mm) of: XI, 356 pp. a large hand watercolored folded lithographed map of California, with an inset of San Francisco, by J.H. Colton, dated 1854, bound facing the title. Publisher's cold-stamped brown percaline binding, smooth spine decorated and titled in gold. First edition of this guide with important observations on San Francisco and California in the early years of development following the first gold rush. In 1853, Capron traveled to California as agent for several major New York trading houses. He visited the state's main towns and villages and toured the various mining regions. In addition to an in-depth description of the grim side of San Francisco, he gives definitions of various mining techniques and a description of the miners' court, the miners' house and the Chinese enclave. Cowan p.104; Graff 580; Howes C127; Kurutz 116; Rocq 16759‎